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"Excellence through knowledge, Achievement through Commitment"

PACIFIC WEST COLLEGE OF LAW VISION, MISSION AND OBJECTIVES

Our Vision

Our Vision is to inspire and develop through excellence in education a community of law students dedicated to achieving their full potential in our global society by molding lawyers that will uphold, carry out and preserve the integrity of the Legal Profession.

Our Mission

Our Mission is to
provide access to learning
opportunities that promote student success and foster intellectual growth; to
provide a comprehensive legal education founded on the
principles of excellence through knowledge and achievement through commitment; to
provide a competent legal education and the skills needed to apply that knowledge
in real world situations; and to provide support to students through their
professional career.

Our Objectives

Our primary goal is to provide instruction and comprehensive legal education of
both academic and practical abilities. Emphasis is placed on student ethics and
successful application into a student’s legal career.

Our Further Objectives

In furtherance of its purpose and mission, Pacific West College of Law has instituted three separate objective programs known as Lex Genesis, Lex Excellence and Lex Omni.

The Lex
Genesis program objective is to give each student the aid and support
necessary to succeed on the first year law student examination (FYLSE). This is
a program coordinated by and among the instructors for the first year law
school courses. Emphasis will be placed on legal case analysis and legal
writing.

The Lex
Excellence program objective is to prepare students for the actual practice
of law. The natural by-product of this program is to excite and entice each
student interest in studying law, thereby reinforcing their traditional
classroom learning by teaching the application of acquired knowledge and
skills.

The Lex
Omni program objective is to offer specialized legal education to
practicing attorneys and non-attorney professionals who seek to expand their
knowledge and understanding of a particular area of law.

PACIFIC WEST COLLEGE OF LAW

TEACHING POLICY

The
imparting of knowledge is the most critical element of mankind’s future. All of us assume that the ability to educate
others will magically conform to the ever-changing needs of society. The current American society now and for the
foreseeable future will require the use of an expanding judicial system. The reason for this is that America is still
a “melting pot” of various races, culture, customs, and religious beliefs. History is replete with oppression, abuse,
and civil wars as a result of these very ingredients in which we all take
pride. To look into any newspaper or
watch any newscast confirms that America needs the finest judicial mind that
can be developed, trained, and acquired. To answer the challenges of a changing world requires new and innovative
education and training for the judiciary of the future. The imparting of knowledge is best
accomplished through the conception of new thought with guidance from competent
and qualified people of a variety of experience. The birth of new thought does not occur in a
vacuum.

Pacific
West College of Law is founded on the premise that excellence is achieved
through knowledge and that the achievement is gained through commitment. Organized thought requires an organized
system for implementation of the imparting of knowledge with an emphasis on the
more difficult areas to comprehend and master.

Previous theory
of teaching law.

Most law schools are premised on the belief that the best method for
teaching Law is to teach the reasons for legal theory on a National level by
the Socratic Method. The Socratic Method
consists of repeated questions to illicit truth assumed to be implicit in all
rational beings. Obvious from the
definition is the difficulty and complexity of this method of education. As a result of this form of education, the
better instructors at most law schools seek to teach fourth year courses in
which the students are usually capable of understanding this type of
instruction and are often bored by its inherent, abstract, and dogmatic
approach. The Socratic Method often
ignores the organization required for superior performance on a written
examination or multi-state as well as the actual practice of law. Pacific West College of Law will supplement
the benefits of the Socratic Method and overcome the weaknesses which result
therefrom with the Lex Geneses and

Lex Excellence programs.

REGISTRATION AS A LAW SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA

PACIFIC WEST COLLEGE OF LAW is
registered as an Unaccredited Fixed-Facility Law School in California and has degree granting
authority for the Juris Doctor degree (J.D.).

The Committee of Bar Examiners acquiesce the
existence of Law Latin Master in Taxation (L.L.M in Tax) and Law Latin Master
in Environmental Law (L.L.M in Environmental Law) degrees offered by Pacific West
College of Law pursuant to Guideline 11.5 of the Guidelines for Unaccredited
Law School Rules. These two LLM Degrees DO NOT lead to the practice of law in California and in any other jurisdiction.

PACIFIC WEST COLLEGE OF LAW

ACADEMIC FREEDOM POLICY

Academic Freedom Policy

Pacific West College
of Law encourages individuality of its Professors. As such, a faculty member
can articulate a position or concept that may be controversial without fear of
reprisal.